I scored some pretty sweet IIHF World Junior Championship tickets to the Russia vs Finland game, just to the right of the net behind Finland, which was a particularly good spot to watch Russia drill shot after shot on goal. Russia pretty much took the offensive stance early on in the game and won it [...]

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I finally caught the new James Bond movie “Quantum of Solace” with my Dad and brother and it was worth waiting for – the movie was awesome. The action sequences were amazingly well put together and the filmwork was stylish and innovative. It’s a study in slick pacing and exciting visuals. I can’t say enough [...]

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To get out of the house the other night we went for a stroll through Westboro, which is a great little neighbourhood. The snow was coming down heavily and it was a bit nippy outside, so we ducked into a few little shops and galleries along the way, including a tiny and well-hidden art shop [...]

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Natasha and I put on our outdoor gear and got out for a nice long tromp through the snow on the weekend. The side streets hadn’t been touched by the plows yet, so we were stomping along through knee-deep snow in spots. It’s always fun to leave trails of footprints through the unbroken snow, my [...]

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Apologies again for not posting much – it seems like we’ve been super busy, but haven’t generated a lot of bloggable content lately. We hosted some friends earlier in the month, followed soon afterwards by Natasha’s parents, then concentrated on our Christmas shopping and my mom’s Birthday, two work parties and some outdoor adventures in [...]

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I discovered (thanks to the “Green Team” at work) that the Ottawa Public Library system lends out “Kill-a-watt” power meters, something I’ve always wanted to try. So I excitedly booked one out last week and went about measuring everything in the house.
Even though I had a pretty accurate sense of what to expect for most [...]

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